Hiroshima renovates peace museum's East Building

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 18, 2014, shows the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's East Building. The city of Hiroshima began a four-year renovation project of the building the same day to improve visitor flow and exhibitions so as to better convey the horrors of the atomic bomb. The East Building will be closed from the autumn of 2014 through around March 2016 while the Main Building remains open.

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